EVN facility profile · District-level hospital · Rural medicine · Community outreach · 24-hour emergency
Wasso District Hospital is the only hospital in Loliondo, Ngorongoro district, about 330 km from Arusha: a 150-bed Catholic hospital run with the Ngorongoro District Council, with a 24-hour emergency department and an ICU, serving about 120,000 people, most of them Maasai and Sonjo. A remote, high-need placement and one of our strongest choices for rural medicine.
Placements at Wasso District Hospital from $975 for 2 weeks (minimum stay), including hostel accommodation with breakfast and dinner, the road transfer from Arusha, and airport pick-up.Questions about this hospital? Ask a local doctor on our team: free, no obligation.
Includes airport pick-up and drop-off, hostel accommodation with breakfast and dinner, the road transfer to and from Wasso, placement fee and coordinator, and 24/7 support.
Full price list, up to 12 weeksThe only accommodation option at Wasso. Breakfast and dinner included.
Wasso is about 330 km from Arusha, a long road journey. The road transfer to and from the hospital is included in your fee.
Wasso District Hospital (Wasso Hospital) is in Loliondo, Ngorongoro district, Arusha region, about 330 km from Arusha city. It is owned by the Catholic Archdiocese of Arusha and run in collaboration with the Ngorongoro District Council as a council designated (district) hospital, and has served the area since 1964.
As the only hospital in Loliondo, it receives referrals from health centres and dispensaries across the area and serves about 120,000 people, most of them Maasai and Sonjo. With 150 beds and 50 to 70 patients a day, it offers the full case mix of a remote district hospital: a 24-hour emergency department, an intensive care unit, an operating theatre, male, female and paediatric wards, and a maternity and labour ward.
It also runs an HIV/AIDS and TB care and treatment clinic (CTC), reproductive and child health (RCH), a nutrition service, a dental unit, X-ray, ultrasound, laboratory and pharmacy. With long referral distances and limited resources, Wasso is one of our strongest choices for rural medicine, global health and community health in Maasai communities. You can also join the hospital's community outreach clinics, which take care out to Maasai and Sonjo villages.
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You follow the hospital's staff through their day, with an experienced EVN-assigned supervisor in your field. You leave with a supervisor reference and completion certificate, and we complete your university's elective paperwork.
You learn as part of the clinical team: working alongside the hospital's doctors, clinical officers, nurses and midwives: joining ward rounds, discussing cases, and following patients through clinics, the labour ward and theatre.
How involved you become is guided by your supervisor, in line with your level of training, your university's guidelines and, above all, patient safety and consent. Where you'll learn:
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Yes. Every placement is tailored to your learning goals. Tell us what you want to see and we agree your departments with you before you arrive: one department or several.
Yes. Depending on your goals, your placement can rotate across more than one of our partner hospitals in Arusha.
Wasso District Hospital is in Loliondo, Ngorongoro district, about 330 km from Arusha. The road transfer to and from Wasso is included in your programme fee. Because of the distance, placements here are a minimum of 2 weeks.
Yes. Wasso District Hospital runs community outreach clinics to Maasai and Sonjo villages, and you can join them when they run, by arrangement with your supervisor. Tell us if outreach is a priority and we will plan your weeks around it.
An experienced clinician in your field, arranged by EVN. Our team are local doctors who work in Arusha's hospitals, so we can match you with someone who teaches.
You learn alongside the hospital's clinical team on ward rounds, in clinics, on the labour ward and in theatre. Your supervisor guides how involved you become, based on your level of training, your university's guidelines and patient safety.
Official hours are Monday to Friday, 07:30 to 15:30. The day starts with a clinical meeting at 07:30, which you can join or skip by starting at 08:00, and you may leave earlier. Night shifts are optional if you want extra experience.
Airport pick-up and drop-off, hostel accommodation with breakfast and dinner, the road transfer to and from Wasso, a pre-departure briefing, 24/7 emergency support, the placement fee and coordinator, and a city tour. Flights, visa and permit fees, insurance, vaccinations and lunch are not included.
Healthcare students in their clinical years and qualified healthcare professionals. Placements are carried out in English.
Visa and permit requirements are set by the Tanzania Immigration Department and can change, so please check the official guidelines before you travel. Permit fees are not included in the programme fee. If anything is unclear, ask us.
Official visa guidelines (Tanzania Immigration)
Minimum 2 weeks, from $975: hostel accommodation, the road transfer from Arusha and airport pick-up included. A local doctor on our team will reply to you.
